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AHASFV Trail Rides
AHASFV July 11 Trail Ride
Come Out for an "Easy"
Trail Ride on July 11
in Ahmanson Ranch
This ride is for “beginners” and any one who might enjoy a leisurely ride through gently rolling hills. Sandee Andrews will be leading this ride and the pace will mainly be at a walk. The ride starts at 9:00 a.m. from the Victory Trailhead and will last about 2 hours.
For complete details please View the Flyer
RSVP to Sandee Andrews
sandee@powdercoater.com


Enjoy the Photos from our May, 2010 Trail Ride
at the Santa Rosa Valley County Park
By Cynthia Binder, DVM
Trail Ride Coordinator

Twelve riders gathered on Sunday, May 30th for the second quarterly ride of the Arabian Horse Association of the San Fernando Valley.

The ride was held at the new Santa Rosa Valley County Park on Hill Canyon rode in Camarillo. At this ride we had 7 members and 5 non-members participating. Remember, you do NOT have to be a member of the AHASFV to come enjoy our rides!

Aside from one Friesian mare (“Vista”) who joined us on the ride, the rest of the horses were either Arabian or part-Arabian and all were endurance horses as well.
AHASFV May 30th Ride
Sadly it was a farewell ride for Bryan and Stacy Gran who are leaving us soon to move out of state.
AHASFV May 30th Ride We had perfect weather! Sunny, with a light breeze, and it failed to get as hot as predicted, for which we were all glad.

The ride started right out of the parking area by crossing a stream. The trail heads up the canyon crossing and re-crossing the stream numerous times.

Happily, just since my pre-ride, the crossings had been cleared of all the big rocks, and ALL of the crossings were nice and smooth.
Many of the horses had fun splashing in the water. A Friesian can make a really BIG splash! The canyon trail is nicely shaded as well.

Then we climbed a steep single track out into the sun, but at about this time the breeze showed up so none of us felt the heat. We climbed until we reached the American flag on top of the hill, then began our descent into Wildwood. Some technically		 AHASFV May 30th Ride
challenging trail obstacles included high stepovers, concrete bridges over ditches, wooden bridges, and slick blacktop. There were plenty of low branches as well to keep

AHASFV May 30th Ride
AHASFV May 30th Ride		 the riders awake! Once into Wildwood, we again met up with a stream and had yet more water crossings.

We rode right by a large waterfall as we made our way down Wildwood canyon. Once out of the park and canyon we had a short stretch along a road (no traffic since it was Sunday) then back across our original stream and back to base camp for lunch.

This ride featured a potluck lunch and we had a nice spread. Chicken, veggie sandwiches, potato salad, fruit salad, cookies, lemon bars, chips and guacamole, drinks and more!

Special thanks go to Gusie, Janelle and Lori who were not able to make it to the ride at the last minute, but who sent their food contributions along anyway. We enjoyed them!

This was a new trail loop for most of the riders, and it is always a joy to find new trails. Good company and an easy camaraderie was enjoyed by all. All in all it was a delightful day and ride!